Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI)

Registration on EU Transparency Register

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Goals / Remit

Philip Morris International Inc. is a holding company whose subsidiaries and affiliates, and their licensees, are engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products as well as Reduced-Risk Products (or “RRP’s”, which is the term we use to refer to products that present, are likely to present, or have the potential to present less risk of harm to smokers who switch to these products versus continued smoking). Our products are sold in approximately 180 countries. In the EU, PMI's subsidiaries and affiliates sell conventional tobacco products as well as RRPs in the majority of the Member States; they employ approx. 12,600 people and owned 8 factories located in 7 Member States.

Irrespective of where in the world we do business, we apply the same principles to our conduct. This includes not marketing or selling our products to minors. It also means that we engage with governments and other stakeholders in support of legislation that applies to all tobacco products and manufacturers, and is based on the principle of reducing the harm caused by tobacco use.

Issues

PMI follows a large area of EU policies, and engages in areas such as, taxation (direct and indirect), movement of excisable products (customs and excise), public health aspects of tobacco and smoking, including the development of potentially reduced risk products, product regulation, growing of tobacco leaf, fighting illicit trade, preserving intellectual property rights, and any other upcoming legislation of relevance to the operations of the company in the European Union. In particular, we followed the following legislative files in 2019:
- Directive 2014/40/EU on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC, and its related Implementing and Delegated Acts.
- Directive 2011/64/EC on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codification) and Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC.
- Revision of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax.
- Revision of Regulation No 450/2008 laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernised Customs Code) as regards the date of its application, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 756/2012 which amended Regulation No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code.
- Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

Address

Lobbyists declared

2 FTE (8)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

Mr Bert VAN GOSSUM

Mr Tomas Korkos

Mr Ioannis KORKOVELOS

Mr Mario MUELLER

Mr Mauro SCOTTO D'ABUSCO

Mr Kristof Doms

Mr Stefano SANTI

Complementary information

In line with the Transparency Register Guidelines, the numbers in this section 10 only include employees working in PMI’s Brussels office on EU Affairs. Consistent with our previous years’ reporting, the financial data under point 13 also includes an estimate of the costs attributable to employees outside the Brussels Office who spent a portion of their time working on activities covered by the Register.

Lobbying costs

1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€

Procurement from EU institutions

0 €

Grants from EU institutions

0 €

Total budget

0 €

Total public financing

0 €

Other financial information

This estimate of the annual costs is based on a percentage of the total cost of the PMI External Affairs office in Brussels and an estimate of the annual costs of activities by other PMI affiliates and subsidiaries directly related to representing interests to EU Institutions referring to the most recent financial year closed, as of the date of the registration, or the update of the registration details. €

There are no notes attached to this organisation.

High-level groups

Consultative committees

Expert groups (European Commission)

none

Intergroups (European Parliament)

None

Industry forums (European Parliament)

None

Complementary information

Meetings with European Commission

4 meetings found.

The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.